| Over the last few years, there has been an explosion | | | | 5% dehydration will drop the performance of your |
| of Revolutionary Neuroscience Research discoveries | | | | brain severely, that's severely as in a 50%+ drop. And |
| that at last are proving scientifically what us | | | | don't count on thirst to be a reliable indicator of when |
| metaphysicians (positive thinking teachers) have been | | | | you should drink your next glass of water because by |
| teaching for years. 98% of everything Scientists know | | | | the time you are thirsty it's already too late, you are |
| about the brain has only been discovered since 1996. | | | | 2% dehydrated and your performance has already |
| 80% of what they thought was true about the brain | | | | dropped 10%. |
| before 1995, has now been found to be false. WOW!! | | | | You see, DSP's or Dendrite Spiny Protrusions or |
| Isn't that amazing. | | | | Protuberances grow in our brain when we learn, or as |
| I am just so very excited about this new information | | | | we learn, it is vital to learn new stuff and in vital in our |
| about the brain. Nearly all of the medical brain research | | | | creative writing process and to keep our memory |
| findings have fantastic proven results that prove that | | | | healthy. And contrary to common belief and scientific |
| motivational tools and techniques to reprogram the | | | | truths just a decade ago the ability to learn has nothing |
| mind to Success and achievement, DO in fact work!!! | | | | to do with the number of brain cells, but with the |
| How cool is that?? VERY COOL! This way you can | | | | number of DSP's you generate. So even if your brain |
| KNOW that all of the techniques you have been | | | | cells wither and die it won't affect your ability to learn |
| learning throughout your life on positive thinking and | | | | as long as you give your |
| motivation are teaching you to achieve a VERY | | | | DSP's the best growing conditions - water and |
| successful, happy life in this amazing and magical world | | | | nutrients. |
| of life DOES in fact work. | | | | Memory |
| Read what one of the leading research neuroscientists | | | | How many of you are worried about gradually losing |
| in the world, Dr Richard Restak, has to say in his book, | | | | your memory? Well first of all, you need to remember |
| The New Brain (Rodale Press, 2003) | | | | to stop worrying about those things you can't control! |
| "Brain Science is now capable of providing us with | | | | But you CAN control or even improve your memory! |
| insight into the human brain that only a few years ago | | | | Losing your memory seems to be the great terror of |
| would have been considered the stuff of science | | | | our age. We are constantly assessing the fitness of |
| fiction. An exciting consequence of this research is that | | | | our memory, but one of the great positives about this |
| by following certain brain-based guidelines, anyone can | | | | is that if you take steps to improve your memory, it |
| achieve expert performance in sports, any career, | | | | can be a shortcut to an even more tempting goal: |
| business, or academic pursuits. Such findings of course | | | | improving your intelligence! Yes we can become |
| run counter to the old traditional theory that winners | | | | smarter!! And it in this area that research is just starting |
| are born not made. This is not so. Instead, it is now | | | | to jump in and find some great results and ideas that |
| clear that by learning about and applying this new | | | | can be again applied outside the medical field into the |
| research, most of us can reasonably expect greatly | | | | self-motivation and achievement field. |
| enhanced personal levels of achievement." | | | | The most important finding from the research is that |
| Isn't this marvelous? Yes indeedy it is! You see my | | | | memory is effected by the usage levels of our neuron |
| friend, it does not matter if you have talent, experience | | | | patterns. In other words, if we, as we get older, use |
| etc (although of course this doesn't hurt, J) it just | | | | certain neuron connections and patterns less and less, |
| matters that YOU WANT IT!! Then you can achieve it | | | | those patterns literally atrophy, and it is much more |
| by following all of our visualization methods, positive | | | | difficult for nerve impulses (thoughts) to go down those |
| songs EVERYTHING you can to fill your mind with | | | | pathways. This is a problem that is absolutely easily |
| over flowing good thoughts of WHAT YOU DO | | | | remedied! The old adage, "Use it or lose it!" vital for |
| WANT. You my friend CAN be a winner. You see | | | | you. As we get older, we become more consistent in |
| you are not in a race; you are winner, when you get | | | | our daily lives, with certain patterns of activity |
| what you want!! | | | | developing. We drive along the same routes and stuck |
| Have you ever heard anyone say, "Oh, I can't help it! | | | | in the same rut day after day, with the same activities. |
| It's just the way I am!" or "I'll never become a star or | | | | Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Foolish consistency is the |
| get that part, I should quit now etc or I'll never lose any | | | | is the hobgoblin for a wasted life." This is bad for the |
| weight." NEXT all of that rubbishy talk NOW!!! Scientific | | | | brain! And remember Emerson said "Foolish |
| advances are now being made in learning how the | | | | Consistency," which to me means doing the same |
| brain works, no one is ever going to be able to use | | | | things we have always done and then expecting |
| any of these old negative self talk excuses again and | | | | things in our lives to change! |
| that includes YOU my friend! | | | | It is like trying to be a world-class wrestler like our |
| Now these 5 minutes could be 10 minutes or even 10 | | | | good mate Rock was and by only exercising your left |
| months for others, however, if you follow through and | | | | arm and nothing more. It doesn't work. What can we |
| USE these powerful mind techniques you will find | | | | you do about it? Get out of our so-called rut. Drive a |
| things shifting. For some this will be less obvious and | | | | different way every day. Read different magazines, |
| for others it will be blindingly obvious. Now an important | | | | take new trips, and try new things. And above all, |
| note here, Once we begin to shift our way of thinking it | | | | exercise ALL of your brain. Begin to REALLY listen |
| could seem that you go through a short period of | | | | when others are speaking. STOP yourself from |
| when things appear to be going terribly wrong | | | | immediately cutting in with YOUR stuff. Listen and you |
| (although not all experience this!) so PLEASE do not | | | | will learn and grow more DSP's. And please do not |
| lose faith during these times as this is simply the | | | | waste your life. |
| Universe releasing stuff that no longer supports your | | | | Today is a beautiful Sunday and people are out and |
| new visions. (Including old ways of thinking) Things will | | | | about enjoying the sunshine. I am here in my office |
| turn around quickly if you will just hang in there. So | | | | writing this article about Brain Power as this is not only |
| allow this experience to NOT scare you off, IF you | | | | helping me grow new DSP's it is also helping you. It IS |
| have this happen to you. If you still intend being here on | | | | important to enjoy our lives of course however lets |
| Mother Earth you may as well be here bravely moving | | | | not waste our precious time doing the same old stuff |
| forward towards your dreams. Continue and you | | | | over and over again. And believe me I am in heaven |
| WILL WIN!! And have a beautiful happy fulfilling Life. | | | | writing this now. I am ENJOYING my day immensely. |
| There were lots of theories going around in the past | | | | Let us all now get out of our old thinking boxes. Let us |
| about positive thinking, affirmations etc, however until | | | | ALL Learn about NEW things. Another thing that we |
| the development since 1996s of the computer | | | | can do is get smarter that our brain! As we get older |
| enhanced scan and imagery techniques and | | | | our brain tries to outsmart us. It is a biological fact that |
| equipment such as functional MRI scans and PET | | | | the brain cannot store energy. It constantly needs to |
| (Positron Emission Tomography) imagery equipment; | | | | replenish its energy after it performs a given function. |
| very few theories were proven as facts! NOW they | | | | When we get a great idea or new thought from the |
| are!! Now, scientists at the University of California and | | | | universe, it is first placed into short-term memory. |
| other institutes have been able to take a look at some | | | | Unless this thought or idea is then taken by us and put |
| very dramatic, pictures by looking at a scan of a slice | | | | into long-term memory, the idea will disappear or |
| of a normally functioning "live" human brain that is the | | | | dissipate within 30 seconds to 12 minutes. So it is vital |
| thickness of less than 1/100,000th of a human hair! | | | | that we use artificial methods to take down these |
| Never before could scientists 'see' so well how our | | | | new thoughts. Write it down or do what I do and carry |
| brain functions! | | | | a small tape recorder with you wherever you go. |
| What these scientists have recently learned, during a | | | | Later I put these ideas into a tape folder and then |
| process called Brain Plasticity, is that brain cells | | | | catalog them. When I do have time to write a new |
| (neurons) are constantly making structural changes in | | | | song or book chapter etc I go to my tape file and |
| the brain, forming NEW synaptic connections with | | | | have them transcribed. |
| other neurons, and NEW neuron pathway patterns at | | | | It has been said that ALL of us, each year, have about |
| the very same time that we are learning, or thinking or | | | | four great new ideas, that if we acted upon any one |
| forming a NEW memory! (Like for example learning | | | | of them with persistence, that idea could make us |
| your lines J)What this means is that your brain is | | | | millions of dollars! I am sure there MUST have been a |
| CONSTANTLY CHANGING! The fantastic news for | | | | time when saw a new product or business or book |
| all of us is that we can have great drastic positive | | | | and you said to yourself, "Oh my Gosh I had that idea. |
| changes if we can simply create new positive | | | | Someone has stolen MY idea." Well my friend YOU |
| thoughts and grow more neuron pathways and DSP's! | | | | did not take action on an idea that probably quite a |
| For many years, psychologists, scientists and authors | | | | few others were given from the Universe on that |
| have written about and recommended what used to | | | | same day. So get all of these new ideas down before |
| be called autosuggestion, affirmations, self-talk, or | | | | your shot term memory loses them forever. I really |
| incantations. But it was not KNOWN or proven until | | | | think that these new ideas are floating around in space |
| just recently that this technique does work, why it | | | | and a few of us take in these ideas at the same time |
| works and how it works! Brain-science research now | | | | however it is the individual THAT takes action first, |
| has verified that indeed this process does work! All of | | | | who deserves the success! |
| our MusiVation (TM) songs and the visualization | | | | Now back to some more brain power facts............. |
| techniques can help you to ENORMOUSLY and | | | | New brain-research confirms that the repetition of |
| PROFOUNDLY expand your belief in the capacity of | | | | statements over and over forms new neural |
| your brain for SUCCESS! Plus you will be a much | | | | pathways (neurodes), that can subsequently fire as a |
| happier more positive person and everyone wants to | | | | "belief", and that when this neural "belief" pattern fires, it |
| work with happy genuinely loving people. Your attitude | | | | will trigger new activity or actions on the part of the |
| will be so dramatically changed that even YOU will not | | | | individual, directly in line and consistent with this new |
| recognize who you are anymore. Now that is COOL!! | | | | belief! This was written about by Napoleon Hill in his |
| You will be bringing out into your personality the REAL | | | | book "Think and Grow Rich," Norman Vincent Peale in |
| you that has been hiding. The confident, successful | | | | his book, "The Power Of Positive Thinking" and Claude |
| beautiful you that I know you really are!! | | | | M Bristol in his book, "The Magic of Believing" and |
| No one was born with low self-esteem, our life | | | | these authors were all writing about this back in the |
| experiences and others experiences, including the | | | | 1920's, 30's and 40's. |
| negative media have simply have taught us this | | | | It's so wonderful to know that the things we're |
| negative self-talk. (Or some call it baggage) So let us | | | | speaking about today as far as the metaphysical, and |
| all release this old baggage and LIGHTEN UP from the | | | | remember "Meta" just means beyond or above the |
| inside out. Now you can revert back to who you | | | | physical. Which means whenever you are thinking, you |
| REALLY are. And you my friend are AMAZING! | | | | are being metaphysical. It's as simple as that, it's not |
| It used to be believed that geniuses were born with | | | | woo woo stuff. |
| more brain cells than the rest of us. This is now known | | | | Now, let's have a look at some of these statistics. We |
| to be false! Each of us is born with the same number | | | | have 100 billion brain cells. WOW!! Now, the brain is |
| of brain cells! (Oh just a few ONLY About 100 billion!) It | | | | stimulated, no matter what our age, when we begin to |
| used to be believed that your brain was "hard-wired" | | | | thing about something new or when we start to |
| when you were born; that you are a product of your | | | | create new thoughts. When we start to learn |
| genetics alone, and therefore champions and | | | | something new, the brain is stimulated and it begins to |
| successful famous stars are born not made. Not true! | | | | form "Dendrite Spiny Protrusions", which we will call |
| Your brain is constantly growing NEW connections and | | | | "DSPs." |
| NEW neuron patterns, every second of every minute | | | | An individual may have just learned a new language or |
| of every day of your life! This means that your | | | | just become emotionally excited about something new |
| capacity is almost limitless! You are today a different | | | | and they are starting to think. They are thinking of |
| person than you were yesterday! You are not the | | | | something NEW (ideas and thoughts not presently in |
| same today as you will be tomorrow! | | | | their old subconscious list or memories) they are |
| You are constantly capable of CHANGE! Your brain's | | | | thinking, so DSPs are being formed. When you are |
| neuron patterns and connections are moving and | | | | emotional or excited, even if you are pretending to be |
| changing with every thought, learning task, or memory | | | | excited and at the same time learning something new |
| that you experience! The total number and capacity of | | | | it is a powerful combination and it has been proven |
| new connections, and new skills and learning neuron | | | | that DSPs will then be formed irrespective of what our |
| patterns that EACH of our individual brains can form, is | | | | present age. |
| the number 1 followed by 6.2 million miles of zeros! No | | | | You know even if we are just acting happy and |
| human being has ever been known, (Einstein included,) | | | | emotional and not really feeling it..... It STILL works. So, |
| to use more than 1% of this capacity! Phew!! WHO | | | | act as if and you will become. This is extremely |
| KNEW!! | | | | important to know. Even if you are just pretending and |
| What type of NEW neuron connections are you | | | | you start saying out loud, "Whoa! I'm excited. I'm really |
| making? Are they positive possibility thoughts and | | | | excited." Even if there are doubts and fears lying |
| memories? Or are they negative, "That's the way I | | | | underneath, you will still get new DSPs growing in your |
| am" connections! Your brain-capacity for success is | | | | brain. So keep doing that for all of your life so your |
| limitless! And it all starts in that little 3-pound thing, we | | | | brain stays stimulated. Let's repeat this about being |
| call our brain. Your brain will "process" information (the | | | | emotionally excited, even if you're pretending. You can |
| "what") and form new Dendrite Spiny Protuberances | | | | absolutely get this information instantly into your |
| (DSP's) via repetition, association, and emotions. | | | | long-term memory as well, which is also extremely |
| Water and writers block! | | | | important. |
| You probably already know that water is important for | | | | Now something else that is absolutely phenomenal that |
| your body to function properly. But do you really know | | | | they've found out recently is that we have 6 levels of |
| how vitally important it is? You've seen marathon | | | | thinking. But did you know that only 1/6 of those six |
| runner's collapse halfway through the race due to | | | | levels is the conscious mind. Where we think we're |
| dehydration because they didn't drink at the first water | | | | thinking all the time and it is only 1/6 of it, the other 5/6 |
| posts because they weren't thirsty at the time. And | | | | of our thinking is all done in the subconscious, which is |
| maybe you concluded that since you are not a | | | | where we are creating our belief systems. That is |
| professional top athlete water isn't that essential for | | | | why the information you are learning about your own |
| your performance and general health. But that is false | | | | conscious mind, the subconscious mind, and how to |
| information. YOU must drink lots of water. | | | | change the thinking patterns is vital. 5/6 of your thinking |
| And maybe you've heard that we can live without | | | | is done at the other levels and it's going to create for |
| food for a very long time, but will succumb because of | | | | you stuff anyway even if you don't consciously |
| lack of fluids and brushed this information off because | | | | choose it so PLEASE think about what YOU DO |
| you may have though the likelihood of you ending up in | | | | WANT and create a great life and new positive belief |
| the desert without food and water is miniscule. But we | | | | systems. |
| must to pay more attention to water. You know, when | | | | Remember our past is not a precedent for our future!! |
| we think we have writers block or are finding it a | | | | I too have to constantly remind myself of this. If |
| challenge to remember our lines ... well my friend it | | | | someone in your past did something you do not like it |
| could simply mean that our brain is not functioning | | | | DOES not mean that others will also do the same. We |
| correctly because it is simply not hydrated enough. So | | | | HAVE to learn to trust again and to be our VERY |
| when we have creative work to do we MUST DRINK | | | | best with each and every new audition or life |
| WATER J. | | | | experience. We have to GET over the past sad or |
| Your brain which only makes up 1% to 2% of your | | | | negative experiences in order to create a new happy |
| body weight use over 30% of your water-intake, so | | | | successful life experiences. |
| it's no surprise that even small water deficits has a | | | | So, isn't THIS ALL EXCITING ? I love neuroscience |
| crucial impact on your brain. And a poor brain | | | | because it's proven that even our doubts and fears |
| performance has a direct impact on how much new | | | | cannot stop our success. We can even pretend our |
| stuff that you can learn and how well you remember | | | | way to success. Cary Grant said, "I pretended to be |
| it. And remember that less water will reach your brain | | | | Cary Grant for so long I ended up becoming Cary |
| since 45% of the water in your body travels in your | | | | Grant." |
| blood vessels and if your blood pressure goes down, | | | | That's it! Now my friend.... go ahead and use your brain |
| so goes the flow of water in your body. | | | | power and BE HAPPY! |
| Your concentration can drop as much as 10% and just | | | | |